State budget

State checkbook

What state agencies paid out, added up by agency, by kind of spending and by the organizations paid. From the state’s own checkbook, FY14 to FY26.¹ The state budget · The source data

$13.10B

paid to vendors and others, FY24

$11.93B

to organizations we can name (91%)

$1.17B

to individuals and others, unnamed (9%)²

$11.38B

more in transfers between state accounts³

Year by year

Payments to vendors and others by fiscal year, not counting transfers.

$17.02B

Show the numbers

Year	Paid	Individuals and others	Transfers
FY26	$17.02B	$1.24B	$9.20B
FY25	$13.40B	$1.24B	$12.41B
FY24	$13.10B	$1.17B	$11.38B
FY23	$13.05B	$1.19B	$9.89B
FY22	$13.68B	$1.57B	$8.57B
FY21	$12.46B	$1.36B	$8.64B
FY20	$11.09B	$1.18B	$8.87B
FY19	$11.25B	$1.27B	$6.91B
FY18	$10.34B	$1.34B	$7.32B
FY17	$10.20B	$1.26B	$7.34B
FY16	$10.24B	$1.43B	$7.59B
FY15	$9.87B	$1.53B	$7.50B
FY14	$9.42B	$1.61B	$6.83B

By agency, FY24

Education$4.97B38%
Transportation$1.91B15%
Revenue$1.80B14%
Treasurer of State$893.8M7%
Human Services Assistance Payments$698.4M5%
Alcoholic Beverages$315.5M2%
Public Health$284.9M2%
Administrative Services$195.1M1%
Homeland Security and Emergency Management$192.0M1%
Iowa Economic Development Authority$153.2M1%
Management$120.6M1%
Board of Regents$117.0M1%

Every agency

Agency	Paid	Individuals and others	Transfers
Education	$4.97B	$148.0M	$104.4M
Transportation	$1.91B	$183.6M	$419K
Revenue	$1.80B	$28.5M	$23.8M
Treasurer of State	$893.8M	$43.5M	$21.1M
Human Services Assistance Payments	$698.4M	$180.3M	$9.33B
Alcoholic Beverages	$315.5M	$98.7M	$16K
Public Health	$284.9M	$54.9M	$56.6M
Administrative Services	$195.1M	$35.3M	$375.4M
Homeland Security and Emergency Management	$192.0M	$16.7M	$76K
Iowa Economic Development Authority	$153.2M	$30.8M	$320K
Management	$120.6M	$10.7M	$2,828
Board of Regents	$117.0M	$764K	$491.5M
Chief Information Officer	$111.8M	$48.0M	$148K
Human Rights	$103.3M	$31.7M	$242K
Natural Resources	$94.5M	$23.1M	$4.1M
Workforce Development	$89.6M	$13.1M	$392.9M
Iowa Lottery Authority	$84.9M	$1.6M	$23.4M
Agriculture and Land Stewardship	$61.9M	$30.8M	$331K
Public Defense	$57.6M	$7.0M	$1.2M
Public Safety	$54.7M	$12.9M	$39.3M
Finance Authority	$52.9M	$93K	$137K
Human Services Administration	$48.1M	$15.5M	$388K
State Public Defender	$44.6M	$22.3M	$32K
General Services Capitals	$43.7M	$8.4M	$0
Attorney General	$38.1M	$11.8M	$1.5M
Iowa Department on Aging	$31.6M	$5.6M	$56K
Soybean Promotion Board	$31.4M	$0	$0
Vocational Rehabilitation	$30.6M	$8.6M	$1.5M
IPERS	$28.5M	$15.3M	$179.9M
CBC District V	$23.4M	$0	$0
Corn Promotion Board	$23.0M	$0	$0
Iowa Communications Network	$22.9M	$3.9M	$309K
Human Services Community Serv	$22.3M	$3.4M	$186K
Corrections Central Office	$21.5M	$1.7M	$978K
Human Services Woodward	$21.3M	$6.7M	$1.7M
Transportation, Capitals	$21.0M	$2.3M	$0
Corrections Industries	$20.2M	$8.2M	$536K
Regents, Capital Expenditures	$17.8M	$0	$0
CBC Dictrict VI	$16.8M	$0	$0
CBC District I	$16.2M	$0	$0
Corrections Iowa Medical and Classification Center	$14.1M	$1.2M	$1.9M
CBC Dictrict II	$12.8M	$0	$0
Human Services Glenwood	$12.0M	$2.0M	$460K
Iowa Veterans Home	$11.7M	$1.8M	$3.2M
CBC District VII	$10.4M	$10.4M	$0
Public Defense, Capitals	$10.3M	$1.2M	$0
CBC District VIII	$9.2M	$0	$0
Iowa PBS	$8.7M	$4.7M	$228K
CBC District III	$7.7M	$0	$0
Inspections and Appeals	$7.6M	$2.0M	$175K
State Accounting Trust Accounts	$6.4M	$4.8M	$311.1M
CBC District IV	$6.2M	$0	$0
Human Services Independence	$5.5M	$753K	$348K
Corrections Fort Madison	$5.4M	$2.5M	$1.5M
State Fair Capitals	$5.2M	$5.2M	$0
Corrections Anamosa	$4.8M	$1.7M	$2.5M
State Library	$4.8M	$813K	$26K
Corrections Newton	$4.7M	$2.5M	$1.1M
Secretary of State	$4.4M	$587K	$113K
Corrections Clarinda	$4.3M	$1.5M	$1.2M
Department for the Blind	$3.9M	$1.5M	$532K
Executive Council	$3.8M	$366K	$0
Utilities	$3.8M	$274K	$142K
Insurance	$3.8M	$970K	$78K
Human Services Cherokee	$3.7M	$889K	$770K
Corrections Fort Dodge	$3.7M	$1.1M	$2.7M
Corrections Mt Pleasant	$3.6M	$1.4M	$1.0M
Legislative Capital	$3.1M	$573	$0
Corrections Mitchellville	$2.9M	$639K	$612K
State Fair	$2.7M	$2.7M	$0
Veterans Affairs	$2.7M	$633K	$29K
DHS Trng School Eldora	$2.3M	$610K	$441K
Corrections Rockwell City	$1.8M	$593K	$841K
Ag- Cattle Promotion Board	$1.7M	$0	$0
Treasurer of State Ust	$1.5M	$338K	$0
Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders	$1.4M	$1.1M	$75K
Judicial Capitals	$1.4M	$60K	$0
Law Enforcement Academy	$1.1M	$536K	$93K
Auditor of State	$1.1M	$361K	$37K
Racing Commission - Inspect and Appeals	$1.0M	$123K	$24K
Ag- Egg Council	$834K	$0	$0
Corrections Farm Account	$752K	$221K	$1,225
Banking	$534K	$220K	$101K
Ag- Turkey Marketing Council	$333K	$0	$0
Credit Union	$257K	$127K	$11K
Public Employment Relations	$240K	$20K	$0
Blind - Capitals	$213K	$0	$0
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure	$160K	$2,491	$886
Consumer Advocate	$156K	$30K	$11K
Governor	$152K	$129K	$31K
Ag- Loess Hills Soil	$140K	$140K	$0
Parole Board	$106K	$6,752	$38K
Trea of St Tobacco Settlement	$74K	$0	$0
Public Safety, Capitals	$34K	$400	$0
Human Services Capitals	$32K	$0	$0
Public Information Board	$13K	$11K	$1,576

By kind of spending, FY24

The state’s expense categories. “Aid to individuals” and “State aid” are money passed on to people, schools and local governments.

State Aid$5.78B44%
Capitals$1.58B12%
Refunds-Other$1.35B10%
Refunds-Local Option$1.24B9%
Outside Services$616.9M5%
Prof & Scientific Services$413.4M3%
Aid to Individuals$383.8M3%
Inventory$297.2M2%
Intra-State Transfers$266.4M2%
IT Outside Services$169.9M1%
Claims$120.3M1%
Other Expenses & Obligations$109.5M1%

Organizations paid the most, FY24

Des Moines Independent Community Schools$372.2M 3%
Sioux City Comm Sch Dist$183.9M 1%
Davenport Comm Sch Dist$180.7M 1%
Cedar Rapids CSD$177.2M 1%
Waterloo Comm Sch Dist$122.0M 1%
University of Iowa$116.8M 1%
Polk County$116.6M 1%
Iowa City Comm Sch Dist$115.6M 1%
Heartland Area Education Agency$112.9M 1%
Des Moines City of$110.4M 1%
C J Moyna & Sons LLC$109.3M 1%
Waukee Comm Sch Dist$105.6M 1%
Ankeny Comm Sch Dist$104.3M 1%
Council Bluffs Comm Schl$99.0M 1%
Dubuque Comm Sch Dist$97.3M 1%
Peterson Contractors Inc$94.9M 1%
Cedar Rapids City of$81.9M 1%
Norris Asphalt Paving Co LC$78.3M 1%
Cramer & Assoc Inc$74.8M 1%
Southeast Polk Comm SD$72.7M 1%

Share of all payments that year. Every agency’s payments added together.

Payments to individuals and others

In FY24, $1.17B (9% of payments) went to payees that aren’t named here: people, and payees whose names don’t show they’re an organization. The state also lists $437.1M of its transfers and other entries under RESTRICTED payees.⁴

Notes

The executive branch’s central accounting system only. It leaves out the Legislature and the courts, and spending recorded in other systems. A fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30, plus payments made in July and August for goods and services received by June 30. Refunds and voided payments count as negative amounts. ↩
Iowa Funnel names a payee only when its name shows it is an organization: a company (Inc, LLC, Corp and the like), a government, a school district, a college, a hospital, a bank, a church or another institution. Payments to everyone else are added into one total for each agency and year. Their names aren’t kept or searchable. When we can’t tell, a payee counts with individuals, so that total also holds some businesses. ↩
The state marks some entries as not a payment to an outside vendor: transfers between state accounts, payroll deductions and similar entries. They count in an agency’s total but not under any payee. ↩
The state removes names it must keep confidential under state or federal law and lists them as RESTRICTED. Among payments to vendors, they count with individuals here; most are recorded as transfers and other entries. Some payments are only recorded as totals in the state’s accounting system, such as Medicaid, IPERS pensions, unemployment benefits and tax refunds, so the people paid aren’t listed at all. ↩

Sources: State of Iowa Executive Branch Checkbook on the Iowa Data Hub (Iowa Department of Administrative Services): the full ledger (dataset 1021), its yearly files, and the last 90 days (1076) for the year still open.